ArticleFrontiers in digital health2022
User experience with a parenting chatbot micro intervention.
Article in Frontiers in digital health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Does the Digital Therapeutic Alliance Exist? Integrative Review.JMIR mental health · 2025Pooled it
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- Real-World Data From a Group Parent Management Training Program Enhanced Using Artificial Intelligence: Qualitative Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- GPT-Powered Chatbot-Based Positive Psychology Intervention for Well-Being Among Parents of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Single-Arm Mixed Methods Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- A Design Framework for Microintervention Software Technology in Digital Health: Critical Interpretive Synthesis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Future Me, a Prospection-Based Chatbot to Promote Mental Well-Being in Youth: Two Exploratory User Experience Studies.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- A New Research Model for Artificial Intelligence-Based Well-Being Chatbot Engagement: Survey Study.JMIR human factors · 2024Article
- The Feasibility and Acceptability of Using a Digital Conversational Agent (Chatbot) for Delivering Parenting Interventions: Systematic Review.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Review
- Qualitative analysis of mental health conversational agents messages about autism spectrum disorder: a call for action.Frontiers in digital health · 2023Article
- AI-based chatbot micro-intervention for parents: Meaningful engagement, learning, and efficacy.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
Background: The use of chatbots to address mental health conditions have become increasingly popular in recent years. However, few studies aimed to teach parenting skills through chatbots, and there are no reports on parental user experience. Aim: This study aimed to assess the user experience of a parenting chatbot micro intervention to teach how to praise children in a Spanish-speaking country. Methods: A sample of 89 parents were assigned to the chatbot micro intervention as part of a randomized controlled trial study. Completion rates, engagement, satisfaction, net promoter score, and acceptability were analyzed. Results: 66.3% of the participants completed the intervention. Participants exchanged an average of 49.8 messages (SD = 1.53), provided an average satisfaction score of 4.19 (SD = .79), and reported that they would recommend the chatbot to other parents (net promoter score = 4.63/5; SD = .66). Acceptability level was high (ease of use = 4.66 [SD = .73]; comfortability = 4.76 [SD = .46]; lack of technical problems = 4.69 [SD = .59]; interactivity = 4.51 [SD = .77]; usefulness for everyday life = 4.75 [SD = .54]). Conclusions: Overall, users completed the intervention at a high rate, engaged with the chatbot, were satisfied, would recommend it to others, and reported a high level of acceptability. Chatbots have the potential to teach parenting skills however research on the efficacy of parenting chatbot interventions is needed.
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